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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]DP: You don’t care about whether kids at MCPS are learning or if it is unfair for the kids truly earning A’s. You are worried that MCPS’s grading policy will affect your child’s admissions at competitive universities. If your child attends a private school in the DMV area or any major metro area— the AOs at state flagships and competitive private colleges and universities are aware of the grading scale at your child’s school and they are certainly aware of MCPS’s grading policy AND how many kids are earning A’s. There is literally a link to the grading policy on the doc sent to schools by MCPS HS counselors.

Mind your business / stay in your lane. Complaining on DCUM will not change the MCPS grading policies. This thread is p[/quote]

NP.  I actually DO care, quite a bit, about the MCPS (absolutely ridiculous) grading rubric and exam policies.  We are zoned for a W school and our older kids attended, but we found the changes in MCPS in the last 5-10 years extremely concerning and consequently sent our younger kids to independent schools.  We would have MUCH preferred to save our money for college/retirement, but valued more a  rigorous curriculum in a school with strong administration and smaller classes, and MCPS is moving in the opposite direction of that.  The fact that our kids attended school during Covid was an unexpected bonus.[/quote]

But you pulled your kids and they now attend private schools. [u]Why do you care what MCPS is doing now?[/u] Do you hope the grading policy changes so you can re-enroll your younger kids to save money? Are you worried about property values? [/quote]

NP.  My kids have been in private school all along, and we are zoned for a W school.  Luckily, the W school districts are more stable than the rest of the county, so I am not worried about home home value.  But I do worry about society in general, and this seems to be a much more widespread problem beyond MCPS.[/quote]

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